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BAGHDAD — An Iraqi lawmaker accused a U.S. soldier of grabbing him by the throat and shoving him to the ground Tuesday after he parked his car in Baghdad’s Green Zone.
Fattah al-Sheikh, an independent, said he had parked his car before a session of parliament when U.S. troops approached him and told him he didn’t have the right permit.
He said a soldier then kicked his car, insulted him and grabbed him by the throat with both hands as others looked on, before tying his hands behind his (…)

Ratzinger was just elected Pope, this was written a few days before his victory.
Justin Sparks, Munich, John Follain and Christopher Morgan, Rome
THE wartime past of a leading German contender to succeed John Paul II may return to haunt him as cardinals begin voting in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow to choose a new leader for 1 billion Catholics.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, whose strong defence of Catholic orthodoxy has earned him a variety of sobriquets - including “the enforcer”, “the (…)

FBI Tells 911 Rescue Worker to ’Shut Up’ Over Finding Airplane "Black Boxes." Two ground zero workers go public about finding cockpit and flight data recorders from Flight 11 and 175. Government claims ’black boxes’ from the doomed 911 flights were never found. 911 Commission ignores information and fails to interview rescue workers. December 4, 2004
By Greg Szymanski
A 911 rescue worker said this week he was told by FBI agents to "keep his mouth shut" about one of the "black boxes" (…)

"As the Arabs see the Jews" His Majesty King Abdullah, The American Magazine November, 1947 Summary
This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein’s grandfather King Abdullah, appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In the article, King Abdullah disputes the mistaken view that Arab opposition to Zionism (and later the state of Israel) is because of longstanding religious or ethnic hatred. He notes that Jews and Muslims enjoyed a long (…)

Kilafah.com - April 16, 2005
The well known Israeli-based web site Debka has revealed that Pakistan’s General Musharraf had agreed to US intelligence agencies’ need for a presence in Pakistani territory for gathering intelligence on Iran’s nuclear installations and in case of a decision to mount a military operation against Tehran.
"There are strong intimations that Musharraf has already agreed to assist America in this eventuality." the Debka-weekly-Net said in a special report on (…)

introduction
by Matt Lechien
Prelude
Before going further on this file, it’s important for you to know what’s being prepared concerning biodiesel production.
Being a biodiesel activist is very respectful, as long as there is a logic behind it. As we will see in this prelude, there exist some very environment friendly biodiesel, but also some which isn’t at all. Politicians and industrials from ages have long shown their cynism and blindness concerning energy acquisition. It will (…)

by maciacia
Use solar electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen then burn the hydrogen as fuel. There is no pollution. Water is plentiful and so is sunlight. This fuel cell technology was demonstrated at the Campaigners’ Fair during the 3rd Manchester People’s Assembly on the 16th of April 2005. Mike Koefman of the Campaign for a Hydrogen Economy used a small tabletop machine to demonstrate the catalytic breakdown of water and explained how this technology could supply limitless (…)

RAXEN Focal Point for ITALY
de Annamaria Rivera Collaboration: Paola Andrisani
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The present report, like the former Analytical Study on discrimination and racist violence (2000-2002) is based on the theoretical supposition that “races” do not exist but rather human groups which are “racialised”, that is, socially considered and treated as “races”1.
In our opinion, racism is part of a process of social classification so that some groups (migrants, refugees, minority (…)

Gilad Atzmon
Many of us, the critical voices of Zionism and Israel, have already realised something: it is advisable to avoid using the ‘J’ word. Once you use the ‘J’ word you had better expect some serious trouble. But in fact, this is not entirely true. You can safely apply the ‘J’ word, you just have to make sure you say the right things. For instance no one is going accuse you of being a racist for flattering the ‘J’ people with some incredible positive superlatives. No one will cause (…)

By Tom Regan 4-1-5 http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0331/dailyUpdate.html
The ongoing investigation into allegations that a Pentagon staffer named Larry Franklin passed on classified government documents to two members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobby group, continues but with several new twists. Over the past weekend, several Israeli papers carried a report by JTA, the Jewish news service, that top officials of the lobby group had appeared in (…)